clio09
Responses from clio09
| Cables Suggestions for My System? Along the lines of the Clear Day Cables another giant killer out there are the new Grover Huffman ribbon speaker cables. | |
| Best amp under $6k, in your opinion? I have not heard the Spectron but have heard the other 3. The Berning is going to be tough to find used and is no longer available new from what I have heard. The Moscode is a great amp. I believe the new model 402 is being debuted at RMAF this mo... | |
| Best amp under $6k, in your opinion? Grannyring, If you like the power cord wait until you hear what the speaker cables can do in your system. | |
| Best amp under $6k, in your opinion? I can see how my reasoning might not make sense (not that I've ever placed a high value on reasoning). I could have held on to the D-225 (sold it to another TRL family member). Ultimately I wanted to try something different (not to mention I got t... | |
| Best amp under $6k, in your opinion? I was given a money back offer on my D-225. There was no need to take them up on it.It is a great amp that can handle difficult speaker loads. The transparency is amazing. I think the leap of faith for me was more about the TRL house sound. Having... | |
| Load Settings for Dynavector 20XL? I settled on 300 ohms on mine after some experimenting. | |
| Tube DAC Advice Needed I used to own the Monarchy. Great DAC for the price and then some. You can actually demo it as there is a return policy with Monarchy subject to a restocking fee. The DAC is very balanced tonally although you can tweak it a bit with tube selection... | |
| looking for a DAC that will add some bottom end If you must try something new the Monarchy Audio M24 or NM24 (new version offering both tube and solid state outputs) are quite good in the bass region. | |
| rowland capri, bat vk3i or vtl 2.5 ? I guess that makes me 1 out of the other 4 posts for the Capri. I admit, I like it. There are better, but I have the full function version with MC/MM and it serves my needs well for the time being. You could do a lot worse.Given that you are using... | |
| EAR 834P + Bent Audio Stepups = greatness? IIRC from my conversation with John he has used his MUs with the Hagerman Trumpet and the K&K SE kit.The new Trumpet is a two box unit and with a great set of step-ups like the MUs should sound fantastic with MC cartridges (even with the much ... | |
| EAR 834P + Bent Audio Stepups = greatness? A good alternative to the EAR with a step-up is the K&K SE phono stage. | |
| Our home system: How good it is? I've done some extensive reading over on the Rives Acoustic forum on AA. In many of the posts you will find two primary participants, Ethan Winer and David Aiken. Both are very knowledgeable fellows when it comes to room acoustics and treating roo... | |
| 6SN7 - Same tubes or mixing with different kinds? I used to own a Cary SLP 98 preamp that used 4 x 6SN7. Two were used as drivers and two were used as output buffers. I used the same, as well as different matched pairs in each position. My favorite combo was the Raytheon VT-231 in the driver posi... | |
| recommend excellent balance XLR cable for me plz? Try the Chimera Labs Advantage Audio cable. It will cost you about 1/3 of your budget for a new cable. | |
| Best preamp for atma sphere m60 under $3000 used? If it were me and this was going to be a lasting purchase, the MP-3 and MP-1 would be the only preamps on my list.As much as I admire the K&K phonostage, the benefit of consolidating the preamp and phono, along with the synergy between the pre... |